DOHA, Qatar (AA) – The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has appointed Habib Salem Saqqaf Al-Jafri as a new chairperson. Al-Jafri, from Indonesia, replaces Ahmed Raissouni, who resigned last month after triggering controversy over the disputed Western Sahara region. In a statement, the Doha-based group said Al-Jafri was picked up ...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has met with Libya’s Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh to discuss cooperation between the two sides. A statement by the emir’s office, the Emiri Court, said the parliament speaker briefed the Qatari ruler on the latest developments in Libya. Talks between the two sides dwelt [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 73 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody due to medical negligence since 1967, a local NGO said on Saturday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said the latest victim was Palestinian female Sa’diya Farajallah, who died in Israeli custody in June. “Israel is still holding the bodies of...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has slammed fresh US sanctions targeting the country’s ministry of intelligence and security for its alleged involvement in a July cyberattack in Albania. In a statement on Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani dismissed the allegations of orchestrating the cyberattack in Albania as “false and basel...
ANKARA (AA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged Sudan’s army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and his deputy to withdraw from the country’s political scene. The call has been made in a UN Security Council report on the situation in Sudan and the activities of the UN mission in the country. Guterres urged […]
ANKARA (AA) – Regional adversaries Lebanon and Israel seem closer than ever to resolving their longstanding maritime border dispute through US mediation. While his shuttle diplomacy may not have borne fruit just yet, US mediator Amos Hochstein struck a hopeful note after meeting Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday. Hochstein said he was “...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia has claimed to have killed a senior al-Shabaab leader during a military operation in the country’s Lower Shabelle region and to have freed several civilians who had been held hostage. The Somali National Army (SNA) conducted the military operation, killing al-Shahaab leader Carab, known by his short name...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday visited Mohenjo Daro, the last surviving remnants of the 5,000-year-old Indus Valley Civilization, which has been affected by the recent rains and flooding. With Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Guterres arrived in Larkana, the hometown of Bilawal’s mother...
MANAMA, Bahrain (AA) – Parliamentary elections in Bahrain will be held on November 12, according to a royal order issued by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The Council of Representatives for which elections are to be held comprises 40 members. The order also said a second round of elections will take place on November […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said that his country would not agree with Iran on a deal that fails to meet basic demands. Iran’s “latest response takes us backward,” Blinken told reporters at a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg following their meeting. Blinken referred to Iran&...
